Though the BJP candidate from the Fatehpur Sikri Lok Sabha constituency, Babulal Choudhary had won the seat in 2014 with a margin of 1,73,106 by defeating his nearest BSP rival and then sitting MP, Seema Upadhyay, the former had trailed behind SP candidate Rani Pakshalika Singh in the Bah assembly segment by 8986 votes. BJP, however, improved its tally from just 2411 votes in 2012 to 47946 in 2014.